Ecology as an Operating Manual for Spaceship Earth

Question 1

Biome

Answer 1

A group of ecosystems that have the same climate

Question 2

Carrying capacity

Answer 2

The band/zone of equilibrium between natality and mortality

Question 3

The SIR model of pathological spread

Answer 3

• Susceptible
• Infected
• Removed

Question 4

Ecology

Answer 4

The branch of biology that deals with the relations of organisms to one another and to their physical surroundings

Question 5

Ecology might be perceived as the intersection between

Answer 5

• animal behaviour
• conservation
• evolution
• genetics

Question 6

Organism

Answer 6

A single living thing

Question 7

Population

Answer 7

A group of organisms of the same species living together

Question 8

Community

Answer 8

A group of populations that live together

Question 9

Ecosystem

Answer 9

Communities and their abiotic physical environments

Question 10

Biosphere

Answer 10

All the biomed on earth: all the living areas of the planet

Question 11

What is the type of growth that reaches carrying capacity?

Answer 11

Logistic

Question 12

Describe immigration

Answer 12

When there are more species, fewer species are potential colonists

Question 13

Describe extinction

Answer 13

When there are more species, competition leads to increased extinction

Question 14

Larger, less isolated islands have

Answer 14

More species

Question 15

The equilibrium number of species depends on

Answer 15

Area and isolation